WARRIOR, Ala. - Funeral plans have been announced for an Alabama police officer who was fatally shot in an ambush while assisting other officers during a vehicle pursuit. Kimberly Police Officer Nick O’Rear, 33, was killed in a confrontation that authorities said began on Interstate 65 about 10 p.m. Tuesday. O’Rear was assisting officers from another department with a pursuit when the driver who was fleeing shot him, said Kimberly Mayor Bob Ellerbrock. “He was a tremendous asset to our community.”Preston Chyenne Johnson, 37, was charged with capital murder, attempted murder of a police officer and firing a gun at police. Johnson has been arrested multiple times on drug possession and other charges over the p ast decade, court records show.

Source: thestar February 07, 2020 22:30 UTC